Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for the question. I'll pass it on to Monik, who has actually been working on this file to provide some of the details. But absolutely, I think the minister has made it clear that establishing a redress system is a priority for

Public Safety committee  I would absolutely concur with that. We're open to any suggestions, of course. We feel that this is moving in the right direction, but we would welcome any suggestions from the committee.

Public Safety committee  We are in very extensive consultations interdepartmentally within government on exactly this issue right now. As to the actual dollar figure or how long it's going to take, I wouldn't be in a position right now to give you a firm estimate on either count.

Public Safety committee  It would be premature at this time.

Public Safety committee  There are a number of other departments that we're working very closely with. Obviously CBSA would be one of them, one of the agencies within our portfolio. Then there's Transport Canada, Shared Services.... Those are only three or four, but there are others as well. We would be

Public Safety committee  Are you talking about the entire bill right now?

Public Safety committee  Of the total costs, I don't think there has been.... I could turn to my colleagues, but these are still early days. We'll want to have the legislation actually passed and become law. We certainly looked at some preliminary cost estimates for specific measures, but I couldn't gi

Public Safety committee  I can certainly look at getting you some answers, absolutely, sir.

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I can tackle that one, Mr. Chairman. I don't think it's just cosmetic. I think it's actually quite important. As the minister suggested, moving from “sharing” to “disclosing” is also making it clear that this is not about collection. This is about disclosing information

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. At this point, I wouldn't want to disclose the costs, just because we're still having those discussions. For me to provide an estimate right now, which would subsequently have to be revisited, I don't think would be in anyone's best interest. As I s

Public Safety committee  We're certainly in discussions with the Department of Finance right now with respect to the ultimate cost, yes.

Public Safety committee  I think in retrospect we certainly would have liked to have had the redress system in place at the outset. To create the fix now is certainly more challenging, without a doubt. I can't speak with authority that it is going to be more expensive, but I suspect that might well be th

Public Safety committee  This is where I am going to turn to Monik, because she is very essential to the whole process, but I will say one thing. The screening has been done by the airlines up to this point, so the screening will now move back to the government. We will do the screening, not the airlines

Public Safety committee  That is correct.

Public Safety committee  It certainly starts us down that track, but funding will be critical.